Miss Arkansas
BEAUTY PAGEANT
OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY CONTEST OF THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT
PRESENTED BY
PARAGOULD YOUNG MEN'S CIVIC CLUB
WED - THUR - JUNE 27- 28 , 1951
AT
HARMON FIELD
PARAGOULD , ARKANSAS
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THIS PROGRAM BELOW WAS IN A BOX OF OLD NEWSPAPERS MY HUSBUND PURCHASED FOR ME AT A YARD SALE . IF ANY OF THE PHOTOS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LARGER VERSION JUST EMAIL ME .
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/
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ABOVE COVER OF MISS ARKANSAS SOUVINER PROGRAM .
YOLANDE BETBEZE - MISS AMERICA 1951 ON COVER .
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EASTERN ARKANSAS YOUNG MEN'S CLUB
SPONSORS OF MISS ARKANSAS BEAUTY PAGEANT
AND
PARAGOULD YOUNG MEN'S CIVIC CLUB
WELCOMES YOU TO
PARAGOULD
FOR THE 1951
MISS ARKANSAS PAGEANT
EAYMC OFFICERS
PAUL CHAMBERS , PRESIDENT , HELENA
BILL HEADSTREAM , VICE - PRES.
O.B. SCOTT , SEC. VICE PRES. , PARAGOULD , ARK.
MARVIN PARKE , THIRD VICE - PRES. , CABOT
DAVID SAMUELS , SECRETARY , PARAGOULD
EAGLE BOYD , TREASURER , DES ARC
GEORGE HEARD , SERGEANT AT ARMS , NEWPORT
RUSSELL HARRISON , RECORDER , BRINKLEY
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WELCOME TO PARAGOULD FROM
GREENE COUNTY'S OLDEST AND LARGEST BANK
COMPLETING 50 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY .
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
A.H. WRAPE , PRES.
C.E. CROSSLAND , JR. EXECUTIVE VICE - PRES.
O.M. ATKINS , VICE - PRES.
MAURICE CATHEY , VICE - PRES.
W.W. MISENHIMER , CASHIER
EVELYN LONG , ASSISTANT CASHIER
LAWRENCE McCARROLL , ASSISTANT CASHIER
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MISS ARKANSAS 1950
MARY LOIS JENNINGS - HOT SPRINGS , ARKANSAS
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FORMER MISS ARKANSAS TITLE HOLDERS
TOP RIGHT - MISS ARKANSAS 1943 - DORIS JEANNE LOVE OF JONESBORO , ARKANSAS
BOTTOM LEFT - MISS ARKANSAS 1944 - MISS MINEOLA GRAHAM OF BRINKLEY , ARKANSAS
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TOP RIGHT - MISS ARKANSAS 1945 - MISS LESLIE HAMPTON OF LAKE VILLAGE , ARKANSAS NOW MRS. CLYDE SCOTT
BOTTOM LEFT - MISS ARKANSAS 1946 - MISS BECKY McCALL OF BLYTHEVILLE , ARKANSAS
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TOP RIGHT - MISS ARKANSAS 1947 - MISS PEARL CAMP OF LITTLE ROCK , ARKANSAS NOW MRS. BILL WARREN OF LITTLE ROCK .
MIDDLE - MISS ARKANSAS OF 1948 - MISS VAN LOUIS McDANIEL OF FORREST CITY , ARKANSAS , NOW MRS. WILLIAM TUCKER OF FORREST CITY .
BOTTOM LEFT - MISS ARKANSAS OF 1949 - MISS BARBARA JEAN BROTHERS OF LITTLE ROCK , ARKANSAS
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PROGRAM ADS
PROUD SPONSER OF MISS ARKANSAS
ED WHITE JUNIOR SHOE CO.
MANUFACTURERS OWENED AND OPERATED BY
ED WHITE , JR. & VIRGINIA WHITE
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OFFICIAL HOSTESS
TOP LEFT - MISS DIANE MACK OF PARAGOULD WAS MISS PARAGOULD OF 1950
MIDDLE - MISS PATSY SCHREIT, PARAGOULD - MAID TO MISS ARKANSAS
BOTTOM LEFT - MISS JACKIE GRAY, PARAGOULD - MAID TO MISS ARKANSAS
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MISS EL DORADO - THE OIL CAPITOL OF ARKANSAS
MISS JOHNETTE NORRIS JACKSON
DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN L. JACKSON
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PROGRAM ADS
PROUD SPONSERS OF MISS ARKANSAS
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CAPITOL AND MAJESTIC
THEATERS
SUNSET - DRIVE-IN THEATER
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ROLAND MOTOR COMPANY
114 MAIN ST.
PARAGOULD , ARK.
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RIVERSIDE
STATION AND CAFE
HWY 25E
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SMITH'S FLOWER SHOP
PARAGOULD , ARK.
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MISS PARAGOULD
MISS JO ANN WILBOURN
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